Perry Park Firewise and Emergency Awareness Meeting
Sponsored by the Perry Park Metro District
Saturday, March 29th, 9:00 to Noon at Perry Park Country Club
Representatives from Larkspur Fire, Sheriff’s Office, Colorado State Forest Service and PPMD Firewise Committee will be presenting. Learn how to protect your home from embers, the number one cause of home losses.
Agenda:
1. Welcome and Introductions. Joe Brickweg, PPMD Director and FWC Chairman
2. State of Our Forests, Spencer Weston, Supervisory Forester, Colorado State
Forest Service, Franktown Office. www.csfs.colostate.edu
3. Emergency Preparedness and Douglas County Resources. Mike Alexander,
Deputy Director, DC Sheriff’s Office of Emergency Management, and Lt. (TBA),
DCSO. www.dcsheriff.net
4. Are You Ready For the Fire Season and How We Can Help. Larkspur Fire
Protection District. Chief McCawley and Captain Campagnola.
www.larkspurfire.org
5. PPMD Opens Space Mitigation Program and Grant Cost-share Opportunity.
Partnering With PPMD. Randy Johnson, Wildfire Mitigation Specialist and PPMD
Project Coordinator.
6. Recap and adjourn to Structural Hardening class in the Colorado Meeting Room..
7. Structural Hardening to Prevent Ember Home Ignitions Class. Colorado Room.
Keith Worley, Wildfire Mitigation Specialist.
a. Deconstructing Fire.
b. How embers ignite homes.
c. Fire-rated building materials.
d. Potential ignition vulnerabilities.
e. Ideas for fixing ember ignition vulnerabilities.